Madhu

Madhu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by A. Karunakaran and produced by Allu Aravind under his production Geetha Arts banner.

The film stars Allu Arjun and Genelia in the lead roles, while Manoj Bajpayee, Deepak Shirke, Brahmanandam, Kishore, and Tanikella Bharani appear in supporting roles. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography and editing handled by R. D. Rajasekhar and Anthony.

The story revolves around Madhumathi "Madhu", the daughter of MLA Suryanarayana, who is a martinet at home. When Madhu proposes to a pious Mercy, she refuses. However, Madhu continues to follow Mercy and reaches her hometown, where things go wrong when Mercy's bold friend Esther comes to the village.

The film was released on 27 January 2006 and became a moderate success at the box office. It was later dubbed and released in Malayalam as Happy Be Happy, and it was a blockbuster in Kerala, running successfully over 175 days. The film was also remade in Odia as Loafer (2011).